Dyeing-machine.



A. LIGGET DYEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PERM, 1910.

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Patented May 16, 1911.

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ALEXANDER LIGGET, or PHILADELPHIA, PEnNsYLvANIA.

DYEING-MACHINE.

Application filed February 24, '1910.'- Serial No. 545,731; 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LIGGET, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dyeing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in dyeing machines, and has for its object to provide a tank or vat in which a slow revolving open frame work carrying baskets whose sides and ends are formed of wire netting, and to revolve said open frame work at alow rate of speed while the centrifugal blades which pass through the center of the open frame work are revolved at a high rate of speed sov as to throw the dye liquid outward with suiiicient force to drive itinto the articles contained in the open frame work, thus effectinga more even dyeing action than is usually the case, and a still further object of my invention is to draw air from the vat, extract themoisture therefrom, heat this air to a high degree and. force it into the vat below the liquid level, thus heating and agitatingthe liquid and causing it to flow from the art-i'cles'tobe dyed in, the most effective manner.-

constructthe wire baskets that they may be readily placed in position. or quickly, re-

moved whennecessary to do'so, and another object is to provide said baskets with ap swinging door .so that the. goods which are,

being dyed may be removed and other goods placed. in the baskets without taking said baskets from the open,. frame work.

With these ends in vview, this invention consists in the details of construction, and combination of elementshereinaft-er set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order tliat those skilled in the art to which this invention .appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming' a part olf this specification, in which- Figure l. is, a front elevation of my im-. proved dyeing machine, portions thereof be-.

' "ingbrokenaway shown in section'to, clearly illustrate the working of. the device. Fig. 2,

Specification of Letters Patent.

which registers with the rolls H.

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a vertical sectional view thereof at the line 00-00 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3, a perspective be constructed in any ordinary manner, but

preferably having a metal frame B, on which is mounted the wooden walls C. This vat isprovided with a door D, hinged at E, and to the free end of said door is fastened a baflle plate F, which rests upon the upper edge of the front wall and will shed the dyeing liquid therefrom, preventing .it passing: through the crack left between the'door and; g

the top'of the front wall..

G represents a number of brackets se journ'aled the rolls H, and on these r 115 is" .mounted the open frame work I, Whlli is" composed of a' plurality of spiders J ,the two end ones having gears K formed upon their periphery, but where this open frame 1 work consists ofvmore than two spiders, the

central spiders "do not have gears formed thereon. Further, the end spiders have a groove L formed around their these spiders has a circular opening 0 and I A y .o v these are connected by bars or rods M and Another object of the invention is to so N. Through the open f-ramework passes the shaft P'which is journaled in suitable bearings Q mounted in the end walls of the vat,

and these hearings are packed with the packingbox R in the ordinary manner. On this shaft within the vat are mounted the centrifugal blades'S, said shaft having power trans- I mitted thereto through the gear wheels T or pulleys, and are driven at a very high rate of speed. i

On the open framework are mounted a number .of wire, baskets U, each of which j is composed of a bottom, sides, ends and top of wirescr'een or its equivalent, such-as perforatedsheet metal, andto the top of each of said baskets is hinged a door V also of wire screening by means of the hinges W, and. this door is held closed by any suitable means, such as thewell known spring catch. I

In proximity to each endofthe bottom of the basketsis mounted a bar Z, portions of which are bent'inwardftoform the recesses A, said recesses. engaging the rods N,

70 cured to the bottom and side walls of the 3 periphery I Each of. I

and on the top of each of these baskets in proximity to both ends is mounted a fastening member B composed of two sections 0, and to one of these members is pivoted a plate D by means of the stud It" or its equivalent, said plate being provided with a slot F adapted to register with the thumb screw G mounted in the end of the adjacent member 0, thus when the plate I) is fastened in position the members G virtually form a single piece. The outer ends of said members are bent to form the hooks H which engage the rods M, thus holding the baskets securely to the open frame work.

The open frame work is slowly revolved by the pinions I meshing with the gears K, said pinions being mounted upon shaft J which is journaled in suitable bearingsK mounted on the sides of the vat, and on the outer ends of said shaft are mounted the gear wheels L, through which power is transmitted to thepinions. This rotation ofthe open frame work will successively submerge and elevate the articles being treated, and as the level of the dye liquid is approximately on the line with the shaft P, ample space is provided above the liquid level to hold the articles being treated for a sufficient length of time in the hot air and vapor above the liquid level which greatly facilitates the penetrating and setting of the dye tion of the vat from the funnel or holder N for adding additional dye from time to time as occasion may require, and below this funnel is placed a valveO for controlling the same. P is another pipe leading to the pipe M whereby water or stored dye liquid may be placed in the vat when necessary.

Connected with the top of the vat is a hood Q, from which leads the pipe R to a heater S having a coil T or its equivalent, between each section of which is mounted a baffle plate U. Leading to the coil is a pipe V from a suitable boiler, and from this coil leads a pipe W" to the manifold Y at the lower portion of the vat and used for holding the dye liquid within said vat. From the heater leads a pipe Z to the pump A and a pipe B leads from this pump to the pipe 0 within the vat situated below the liquid level,and this pipe C is slotted or may have small, holes D formed therein, which, when the air issues therefrom will force the surrounding liquid upward in jets against the battle plate E having a depending extension F therefore said baffle plate will deflect these jets coming in contact therewith downward, causing the liquid to flow over the articles contained in the baskets, and as the cylinder carrying said. baskets is revolving, all the articles contained in said baskets will be subjected lid is a pipe which leads to the lower por to this treatment which will further increase the eiiiciency of the apparatus.

Any suitable outlet G may be provided for drawing off the liquid from the vat when occasion requires.

The operation of the device is as follows: The articles to be dyed are placed in the wire baskets U, which are mounted upon the open frame work I,- then said open frame work is revolved at a moderate rate of speed, while the centrifugal blades S are revolved at a relatively fast speed, thus the articles within the baskets are submerged and at the same time the dye liquid is forced into them by the centrifugal blades. Then the pump A is in o-peratioii the air and moisture is drawn from the upper portion of the vat through the heater where it is raised in temperature by the heat from the steam passing through the coil T, after which it is driven through the pipe 13 back to the vat. The steam which heats the coil passes from the heater through the pipe W into the imperforated manifold Y so that the dye liquid is held at a normal tempera ture.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction here shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is-

1. In a dyeing machine, a vat, an open frame work revolubly mounted in the vat, wire screen baskets, means for detachably securing said baskets to the open work, means for revolving said open work, and centrifugal blades revolubly mounted within the vat for forcing the dye liquid away from the center of the open works 2. In combination, a vat,'an open frame work having perforated baskets mounted thereon, 'means for revolving said open framework relatively slowly, centrifugal blades mounted within the open frame work, and means for revolving said blades relatively fast.

3. In combination, a vat, an open frame work revolubly mounted in said vat, perforated baskets having recesses formed in the bottom thereof for engaging a portion of the open frame work,'fasten1ng members mounted upon the top of the baskets, each of said members comprising two sections, each of said sections having a hook bent therefrom, said hooks adapted to engage a portion of the open frame work for holding the baskets in place, and means for revolving the open frame work.

4. In combination, a Vet, an open frame work composed of a number of spiders, rods for fastening said spiders together, perforated baskets having recesses formed in the bottoms thereof, said recesses ada ted to register with a number of the rods joining the spiders, fastening members mounted upon the top of the baskets, each of said members comprising two sections, each section having a hook formed therefrom, said hooks adapted to engage other rods which join the spiders, thereby holding the baskets in place, and means for joining the adjacent sections of each fastening member.

5. In combination, a vat, an open frame work composed of a number of spiders, rods for fastening said spiders together, perforated baskets having recesses formed in the lower edges thereof adapted to engage a number of the rods which join the spiders, a pair of fastening members mounted on top of each basket, each of said fastening members comprising two sections, each section having ahook formed therefrom adapted to engage other rods which join the spiders, a plate having a slot pivoted to one of the sections of each of the fastening members, and a thumb screw mounted in the adjacent section adapted to register with the slot in the plate.

6. In combination, a vat, a door hinged thereto, a battle plate mounted upon said door adapted to extend over the meeting edges of said door and the front wall of the vat, a number of brackets mounted wit-bin the vat, rolls journaled in said brackets, an open frame work composed'of a number of Spiders, the end spiders having gear teeth formed upon their periphery, piniol'lsmeslr ing with the gear teeth for revolving the open work frame, perforated baskets detachably mounted upon the open frame work, a shaft journaled in suitable bearings passing through the center of the open frame work, means for revolving said shaft, and centrifugal blades mounted upon said shaft within the open frame work.

7. In combination, a vat, a door hinged thereto, a baffle plate mounted .upon said door, overlapping the upper edge of the front wall of the vat, a number'of brackets mounted within the vat, rolls journaled in said brackets, ,an open frame work comprising a number of spiders, the end spiders having gear teeth formed upon their periphery and adapted to rest upon the rolls, pinions meshing with the gear teeth for revolving the 0 en frame work, perforated baskets detacha ly mounted upon the open frame work, a shaft journaled in suitable bearings passing through the side walls of the vat and through the open frame work, means for re volving said shaft, centrifugal blades mounted upon said shaft within the open frame work, a hood mounted 011 top of the vat, a

heater, a pipe leading from the hood to said condenser, a pump, a pipe leading from the heater to said pump, a perforated pipe mounted within the vat below the normal level of the dye liquid, another pipe connecting the perforated pipe with the pump, a battle plate having a depending project-ion mounted within the vat above the perforated 

